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My stance, which evolved but has reached its current
position several years ago is a qualified yes.

The qualifications?

Apology and admission of “guilt” from the player concerned.

Admission of “guilt” from Commissioner Bud Selig.

Bonds and Clemens both were HOFers in pre-roiding days.
Sosa? Not so sure. Take away the roids and he’s below 500 HRs, below 1,500
RBIs, below .500 slugging and a couple of other things. Ignore the ESPN fluffery for Sosa.

(Big Mac? Definitely not, and I’m a lifelong Cards fan.)

And, that’s the other point. One has to do some reasonable “readjustment”
of the career numbers of known or highly-suspected roiders (or PEDers of other
drugs like HGH) versus “the field.”

Oh, and while we’re at it? Please, HOF voters, also read
some sabermetrics and do NOT induct Jack Morris.